Sheremetyevo Served 28.6 Million Passengers Between January - July
China Aviation Daily | Aug. 20, 2019
Sheremetyevo International Airport has published the performance results for July and the preceding seven months of 2019. Total passenger traffic over the first seven months of 2019 was 28.62 million passengers* - up 13.4% YoY.
In July, Sheremetyevo confirmed its status as the most punctual airport in the world in the Major Airports category, according to the ranking by the American company Flightstats, with 92.62% flights departed on time.
From January to July 2019, passenger traffic on international flights was up 10.4% (15.125 million), while domestic traffic increased by 17% (13.496 million).
The biggest passenger traffic volume among foreign destinations was recorded on flights to Antalya, Paris, Yerevan, Beijing, and Tel Aviv. The most popular domestic destinations were Saint Petersburg, Simferopol, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, and Krasnodar.
The bulk of the passenger traffic volume from January to July was provided by Aeroflot, Nordwind Airlines, Rossiya, Pegas Fly, Royal Flight, and Air France.
In July 2019, passenger traffic in Sheremetyevo exceeded last year's figure by 10.2%, amounting to 5.217 million people. The number of passengers on international routes increased by 5.8%, amounting to 2.801 million people, while the number of passengers on domestic routes grew by
15.7%, reaching 2.416 million people.
Within seven months, Sheremetyevo airport has performed 223,542 takeoffs and landings - up 13.4% YoY. The number of takeoffs and landings in July increased by 7.5% to 35,196.
*Passenger traffic includes 0-2-year-old infants.
Contributed by Sheremetyevo International Airport